We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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To be is to stand for.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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All action is vicarious faith.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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